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The entire complex of the Center for Psychiatry and Narcotics is a historical and cultural monument. The restoration of these two buildings cost €8.3 million.
The renovated wings 3 and 4 are two of the first three buildings in the hospital complex. The buildings date from 1824.
“We are built on a historical site, the second Kaiser Garden. Because we are a historical and cultural space in the broader sense, our site and our buildings are historical and cultural monuments because we are a complex monument and we are not allowed to paint or do with the exterior facade whatever comes to mind,” explained Silva Bendrāte, Public Relations Officer at the RPNC.
Sandra Pūce, the center’s manager, calls the historic staircase one of the most important objects to be restored. The restoration of the buildings has been planned for almost 10 years.
In wing 3, patients with dual diagnosis and more than one disease and eating disorder patients are treated. Patients have access to 18 beds.
“Often it is no longer one disease, but a combination. Several addictive substances are used, which also cause nightmares, sleep disorders, anxiety and other symptoms,” says Pūce. Dual diseases are more severe and often chronic, associated with reduced quality of life, unemployment, deteriorating interpersonal relationships, increased risk of suicide and reduced life expectancy.
The second building, wing 4, will house the narcology departments.
Block 3 will open in August, while the narcology building will open its doors to patients in the coming days.
These buildings have served various purposes in the past, ranging from various departments to long-term housing for medical staff.
“We had a workhouse, a re-education institution, a home for dementia patients, a social department – a reception centre – and a prostitution and venereal department,” Bendrate said.
The restoration of the buildings cost €8.3 million and took less than two years. The construction work was carried out by Torensberg Ltd.
85% or €7,100,985 was financed by the European Regional Development Fund, 9% or €751,869 by the state budget and 6% or €501,246 by the Riga Psychiatric and Narcological Centre.
The next building to be renovated is the adjacent Building G, which was also built around the same time as the 200-year-old buildings unveiled today.
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